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You have learnt that adjectives can be used to compare people and things. Adjectives
are of three degrees—positive, comparative and superlative. Let’s revise the rules
of forming the comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
-er
For most single-syllable -est
adjectives, add -er and -est tall taller tallest
small smaller smallest
-r -st
For adjectives ending in e,
add -r and -st large larger largest
brave braver bravest
For adjectives ending
-er
with a vowel followed by -est
a consonant, double the hot hotter
consonant and add -er and big hottest
-est bigger biggest
For adjectives ending with -er -est
a vowel and -y, add -er and gay gayer gayest grammatical structures explained
-est grey greyer greyest
For two-syllable adjectives -ier -iest using tables and pictures to
ending in -y, remove the -y happy happier happiest
and add -ier and -iest stimulate learner’s interest and
lovely lovelier loveliest
For adjectives that end in more+ most+ help grasp the concepts better
-ed, -ing, -ful, -ous, -er, famous more famous
-ive, add more and most most famous • page 26 • page 38
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
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good better best
bad worse worst
little less least • page 113 • page 134
Some adjectives do not much more most
follow any rules many more most
far (distance) farther farthest
far further furthest
old older oldest
old elder eldest
The Tenses
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Warm-up
activities for reinforcement the
grammatical structure learnt Look at this picture carefully.
experiential learning and art-
integrated education
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that “huit heures et demie” in French 7) half past eight in
3. Present perfect
English. So while she 8) breakfast, her colleagues Now write sentences to describe the picture using the following tenses—
9) already at the meeting. When she arrived ‘on time’, 2. Present continuous 6. Past perfect
the meeting 10) . 1. Simple present 5. Past continuous 9. Future perfect
4. Simple past 8. Future continuous
1. a) make b) made c) had made
2. a) had studied b) studied c) was studying 7. Simple future
exercises designed to
3. a) discovering b) discover c) discovered
4. a) cannot b) could not c) could not have stimulate learner’s interest
5. a) missed b) had been missing c) had missed
6. a) had forgotten b) forgot c) had been forgetting and help grasp the concepts
7. a) means b) meant c) had meant better
8. a) had b) was having c) had had • page 14 • page 25
9. a) were b) are c) is
10. a) had finished b) had already finished c) finished • page 31 • page 62

Let’s Play 25
Get into groups of four. Find action words in a newspaper or a magazine and use
them to frame sentences in the different tenses you just learnt.
Form as many funny sentences as you can and entertain your group.

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